AmSnow.com is now SnoWest.com
What bike do you normally ride?
NZ I have been riding and currently own a 2017 KTM 300XC and love this bike. It was a great bike for a short track kit and probably one of the best off road bikes produced to date.
Why this project and not a 4-stroke?
NZ I love 2-strokes, love the sound, love the power delivery, pretty much everything about them. The problem is, I wanted more, well mainly more power…. but didn’t want nitrous, and I didn’t want a turbo or expensive 4-stroke big bore. I wanted a budget build and one I could do relatively easily. Don’t get me wrong I love big bore 4-stroke bikes, as a snow bike they rock, its a great combination but it’s just not what I wanted. I wanted a large displacement 2-stroke and a bike that would produce over 80HP naturally aspirated.
How did you start the project?
NZ All I needed was a cheap donor bike for the frame; a Honda 2006 CRF 450, and then the elusive ’01 CR 500 motor (the last and most modern year that this motor was built). My friend Brad Wurston owner of Power Addiction Racing happened to have one he was sitting on, I pried it away from him with a bit of mula and it was mine.
What did you do to the bike once you found it?
NZ I now needed to get the power out of the motor, this is where Packard Racing came into play, they are another Utah local motor builder, they have plenty of 500 builds under their belt. I knew I would get a top notch porting job from Dennis, and I had always wanted one built by him. Then I paired that with a Custom CPI pipe and a 44 mm Lectron carburetor with a large capacity billet bowl for the chance occasion I am running this motor in the summer at the dunes. There you have it, a motor combo that produces in the area of 80-90 hp with just the twist of a the throttle.